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resounding

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re·sound  (r-zound)
v. re·sound·ed, re·sound·ing, re·sounds
v.intr.
1. To be filled with sound; reverberate: The schoolyard resounded with the laughter of children.
2. To make a loud, long, or reverberating sound: The music resounded through the hall.
3. To sound loudly; ring.
4. To become famous, celebrated, or extolled: Picassoa name to resound for ages in art history.
v.tr.
1. To send back (sound). See Synonyms at echo.
2. To utter or emit loudly.
3. To celebrate or praise, as in verse or song.

[Alteration (influenced by sound) of Middle English resounen, from Old French resoner, from Latin resonre : re-, re- + sonre, to sound; see swen- in Indo-European roots.]

re·sounding adj.
re·sounding·ly adv.

resounding [rɪˈzaʊndɪŋ]
adj
1. clear and emphatic; unmistakable a resounding vote of confidence
2. full of or characterized by resonance; reverberating a resounding slap
resoundingly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.resounding - characterized by resonance; "a resonant voice"; "hear the rolling thunder"
reverberant - having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected; "a reverberant room"; "the reverberant booms of cannon"

resounding
adjective
1. echoing, full, sounding, rich, ringing, powerful, booming, vibrant, reverberating, resonant, sonorous She got a resounding round of applause.
2. huge, striking, outstanding, tremendous, terrific, decisive, notable, monumental, conclusive The occasion was a resounding success.
Translations
resounding [rɪˈzaʊndɪŋ] ADJ [noise] → sonoro; [victory, success] → resonante; [failure] → estrepitoso
resounding [rɪˈzaʊndɪŋ] adj
[voice, cry] → retentissant(e); [crash, roar] → retentissant(e); [slap, thump] → retentissant(e)
[victory, triumph] → retentissant(e); [defeat] → retentissant(e)
to be a resounding success → être un succès retentissant
resounding
adj noise, shout, thud, crackwiderhallend; laugh, voiceschallend; (fig) triumph, victory, failuregewaltig; successdurchschlagend; defeathaushoch; resounding silenceüberwältigende Stille; the response was a resounding “no”die Antwort war ein überwältigendes „Nein“
resounding [rɪˈzaʊndɪŋ] adj (noise) → fragoroso/a, risonante; (victory, defeat) → clamoroso/a
resounding [rɪˈzaʊndɪŋ] adj (noise) → fragoroso/a, risonante; (victory, defeat) → clamoroso/a


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He was so large and effulgent that one hardly missed the sun, and his resounding purrs formed a pleasant accompaniment to the laughter and conversation which went on around Captain Jim's fireplace.
The officer bowed, and a few minutes afterwards the gallop of a horse was heard resounding in the vaulted archway.
He did not undress, but walked up and down with his regular tread over the resounding parquet of the dining room, where one lamp was burning, over the carpet of the dark drawing room, in which the light was reflected on the big new portrait of himself handing over the sofa, and across her boudoir, where two candles burned, lighting up the portraits of her parents and woman friends, and the pretty knick-knacks of her writing table, that he knew so well.
 
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